All Info About Nursery Rhymes
Baa, baa, black sheep
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Origin
This popular rhyme probably dates back to the Middle Ages, possibly to the
13th Century, and relates to a tax imposed by the king on wool. One-third went
to the local lord (the 'master'), one-third to the church (referred to as the
'dame') and about a third was for the farmer (the 'little boy who lives down the
lane').
It was used by Rudyard Kipling within his poem,
The Gentlemen Rankers.
More recently it has been the subject of some controversy in the UK where
nurseries are citing a 'rainbow' sheep instead of 'black' sheep, as an act of political correctness!!! I give up.......